Danisha

given name · Latin script

Meaning: A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/deɲiʃə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Danisha is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 165K(measured from records)
  • NLNetherlands1 in 24K
  • JMJamaica≈1 in 55K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

2,010 people, 2020

Sources
223 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 24K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Danisha counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Danisha is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States2,0101 in 165K2KDanisha223
NL Netherlands7071 in 24K707Danisha15
MY Malaysia≈540 est.≈1 in 61K—Danisha19
GB United Kingdom≈99 est.≈1 in 667K—Danisha37
CA Canada≈92 est.≈1 in 411K6Danisha33
JM Jamaica≈51 est.≈1 in 55K—Danisha6
CR Costa Rica421 in 121K42Danisha9
PA Panama≈34 est.≈1 in 113K—Danisha10

2,010 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); the ca-statcan-baby-names register; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Danisha is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Malaysia, Netherlands

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Dānisha

  • Malay given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia, United States, India

    Languages: Malay, Indonesian

    Also written 'Danisha

  • Bangla given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Malaysia

43 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Danisha is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, [ds'mjs]: weibl.

    as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Danisha,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 24 sources across 20 countries.

Official registers attesting Danisha
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20202K#7,550
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—707#1,627
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—546#3,013
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1994154—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1992134—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1993121—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1996106—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)198998—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199091—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199188—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)198884—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199580—

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Danisha mean, and where does it come from?
A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Danisha?
A machine transcription gives /deɲiʃə/ (IPA) for English.
Is Danisha a male or female name?
Danisha is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Danisha have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 2.0 thousand people named Danisha, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled danisha.
Where is Danisha most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Danisha is densest in the Netherlands — about 1 in 24 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Danisha?
In the United States, the national register counted 2,010 people named Danisha in 2020, about 1 in 165 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Danisha”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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